Blog - Hip Hop

ATW is happy to have worked together with OkayPlayer on this great collabo featuring our good friend and ATW comrade, T. Eric Monroe. Eric is one of the unsung photogs of the 1990s and we're very happy to see his work finally getting some long overude love & props. Dig into this great piece and then go cop Eric's limited edition "D'Angelo & Lauryn Hill" fine art print.

The legendary Amsterdam News did a short but sweet piece on us. Maximum respect to writer Dave Goodson for all the love and support. Enjoy! http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2017/jan/26/god-mad...Photo: Maxwell Benson

Back in 1986, I walked into Stan's Records on Bergen Avenue in Jersey City to peep the latest rap offerings. I quickly spyed the EP "Make the Music With Your Mouth, Biz" by rap's newest rhymer on the scene, Biz Markie. The cover of the EP featured an animated Biz jumping in a [...]

This year marks the 30th Anniversary of one of Hip-Hop’s favorite films – Beat Street. Released on June 6, 1984, Beat Street was based on an original story by former High Times editor Steven Hager and was produced by Harry Belafonte and David V. Picker. Veteran producer and director Stan Lathan –actress Sanaa [...]

“What they did was, which was so ingenious, was create a whole form of urban style music from just 2 turntables and 2 records, and a microphone.” –GuruI’m a man who’s constantly thinking and recently I thought about a great shot that my good friend Ernie Paniccioli took. The shot in question was a candid [...]